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The Heppner Morrow County'» Home-Owned Newspaper SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS azette VOL 104 NO 33 imes Wednesday, August 13, 1986 Heppner, Oregon 25« School District to packs Kinzua donates 36th calf-roping saddle $473,786 Three-Year Serial I*vy 1L *3 Yes Yes Yes "Yes No r- o $5,140,000 Spellai One-Year Operating I«evy X § N August 12, 1986 School District ca 1 i 215 265 224 No No 204 212 79 I9| t/j 3 O H 1 f 346 222 92 350 No l l = ^ Yes No 377 126 70 .52 Yes 495 330 555 Irrigon $38,625 Operating Levy No t 11ST 1281 1078 / 1373 112 1 12 Irrigon $800,000 Sewer Bond 116 1 1 1 Court forms transportation committee Senior and handicapped citizens in Morrow County may have an im proved public transportation system in the near future Morrow County Court has recent ly appointed a 12 member commiv vion and has provided funds for a temporary secretary. The commission will deiemune it there is sufficient public support and ridership for a transportation system in Morrow County and map out ten lative routes and methods for im plementing ihc system Capital assistance is available tor transportation systems benefiting elderly and handicapped, Denny Moore. administrator of the Oregon Public Transit Disision has said, a "federally tinkled program provides money tor equipment purchases to private nonprofit organizations that serve the transit m-cds of elderly and handicapped persons State funds. lottery proceeds and cigarette taxes also fund public transit Commissioners include Bob Har ris, Paul Jones, I .a Verne Van Marter, and Hill Co* of Heppner, Herb Fkstrom, Dot Halvorscn and Helen Craw ford of lone. Hob David son of Hoardman. and Marge Shade. Walt Sinclair, Vera Cooley, uik ) Julia Hivins of Irrigon Temporary sccrctars is Marsha Sweek Experimental seal tried on {»ravel road From left: Queen Dawn Timms, Doug Dubuque, Princess Sandt Wright, and Princess Missy Schoonover. Doug Dubuque of Kinzua Corp turns over the amateur calf-roping trophy saddle to the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court, Queen Dawn Timrns and princesses Sandi Wright and Missy Schoonover The saddle will he presented during the Sunday afternoon Morrow County Rodeo to the amateur calf-roping winner Kinzua began donating a hand Untied saddle in 1950 and have continued encouraging amateur call ropers by donating a saddle each year since This year and the past several years, the saddle has been made by Severe Brothers Morrow County Court Iasi Wednesday discussed ihc recent ex perimental application of magnesium chloride as a sealer to a section of Alpine Road The sealer, known as "Dust Off" was applied three different ways on a four mile section of the gravel road The product is supposed to make gravel roads hard and prevent dust, the county also will test its use on different soil types Anticipated cost of the product is $2.500 per mile In additional business, the court learned that the Fight mile pav mg project has been completed, in eluding widening approved three (a* refunds V*W and $7M to AIA I . SUM to Wanda Gamhy, and SI 17,000 to be col Icctcd and held in a separate lumi un til June JO and used as an olisci tor POE heard from County Architect Bob Smith that the Courthouse renosa turn is nearly complete Smith recommended a silicone treatment for a discolored area of the cour ihousc steps Fhe Court noted that the Historical Society recommend ed not using the treatment heard from Assessor (ireg Sweek ihai the county may need to look at adding more memory because its computer system is slowing down there are so many users on the system now, Sweek said, who each use a portion of the memory that the entire system is slowed down •approved a maintenance contract on a new machine in the Morrow County Clerk's ( )ffke which copies microfiche Ihc contract is adv isable Barbara Hloodsworth, Morrow county clerk, said for ihc first year any way until we can see what will go wrong with the machine heard from Ag Agent Fred Lun- din that he was stalling the Irrigon estension office on Fridays 1.uiklin proposed a landscaping experiment. Irrigon teen sparkles as Fair & Rodeo Queen Pav rodeo entry Continued page 2 Her 14-year-old registered ap^ paloosa show horse named Chief Shatka was brought out of retirement this year to carry Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Queen Dawn Timms along parade routes and in grand cn tries of the many parades and rodeos she is attending as the county's representative "H e’s a big pet and will never he sold." the 19 year old queen said But he's had experience.too, serving as her offic ial mount during the I9H4 fair and rodeo season when she was a princess on the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court Queen Dawn Timms I The personable queen explained that Chiel Shatka has hern a member of the family for nine years and has had extensive experience as a show horse. She has competed on the Nor thwest Appaloosa horse show circuit in Hnglish and Western equitation and in jumping She was the 1983 Northwest Champion Youth which qualified her to compete at the 1983 national appaloosa show She made the final classes there, hut modestly admits that she won "nothing big " Queen Dawn was also a 1982 princess for the Oregon Trail Ap paloosa Club With Chiel Shatka of fictally retired, she is training another horse that is now a year old and 14 3 hands, "so he will he big," she almost sparkles as she talks "I have high hopes for him I can't wait to jump again " Besides showing horses, her hob hies include sports, riding, and in structing riding She has heen both a junior and teen 4 H leader and is now in the process of trying to get her judge's card Her mam interests, she says are horses and medicine She has just finished her Freshman year of pre veterinary studies at Oregon State University and this summer is work mg as a technician at the Hcrnusinn Veterinary Clinic She hopes to do volunteer veterinary work during the next school year to keep current with animal medicines and diseases She needs 300 hours of clinical ex perience to enter veterinary school She began riding when she lived in Portland, she relates A neighbor who was older"was being nice and asked me to go along with her I was about seven I called my mom from the bums and told her that I had sign cd up for riding lessons and could she please go along with me She learned to ride English and then when her family moved to St Helens a neighbor knew Western ruling, so she learned from them and they learned Fnglish from her The daughter of Bryan and Sharon Timm*. Queen Dawn has lived with her family in Irrigon tor nine years The 1983 Riverside High School graduate has a 14-year-old brother. Scott She enjoy* water skiing and played volleyball, basketball and ten nix while she was in high schtail She wax a member of 4 H horse and cooking clubs for nine years She won grand champion horse for four years and reserve champion master showman honors for three years This year's court outfits arc dif ferent. the elegant queen says, but it’s time for a change "Everybody changes their wardrobes for the times, so courts must change, too ” Queen Dawn is looking forward to the fair and rodeo and a chance to get out and meet the people she and the princesses have been represen ting all season fees before slack Fees for the Morrow County Fri day Jackpot Rodeo may he paid anytime prior to slack Friday To pay entry fees, mail to Gail Paptncau, Star Ktc 2. lone, or bring to the rodeo office Friday morning It mailing the entry Ice. he sure to allow time for it to be received because contestants who have not paid entry fees poor to slack will n«8 he allowed to compete. said a rodeo spokesperson Slack for the Morrow County Jackpot Rodeo will start al I p m Friday, Aug 1' with the ftrst'goof team roping The second go will be during the Friday night show with the top six teams from both goes roping on cither Saturday or Sunday of the Open Rodeo First goes of steer wrestling and calf roping will also he run during slack lime betöre the start of the 4 p m county show Weather Report Bf C*y C* Mappner Queen Dawn with Chief Shattea 5 - II 1 ow l»rvclp () 53 5e> 0 h0 0 .0 62 62 0 54 0 55 0 lues Wed Ifiurs Fri ed by ihc state a public hearing, and Sat adoption, of the new plan, can he Sun Mon held in early spring Meador has 15 years experience in planning, and ix currently Market Report employed by several other cities in C orrsfjfcnw*« a» !*• County O aw tr« the same capacity lues., August 12 Areas which will receive special Soft White attention by likal planners arc where •2 70 to place mobile homes, how to han Aug »2 72 »2 74 die existing lots which are too small Sept •2 76/»2 78 to allow rebuilding alter fire destroy* Oct »2 80/»2 82 the home which was grandfathered Nov ‘2 84 »2 86 in through it did not meet state Dec Jan »2 88/*2 90 requirements Barley Police policies and scheduling •72 were reviewed at an executive Aug /Oct »73 meeting of Heppner City Council Nov. •74 last Wednesday No action wa* Dec Hard Red W inter taken Ordinaries »2 68 Engineer assists planners By Avon Melhy Nancy lainkford presided as chair man of Heppner Planning Commis sum meeting Monday night She was elected to the position last month following the resignation of David Allstott A schedule for meeting LCDC re quirements in reviewing Ihe city's comprehensive plan was presented the commissioners by Dan Meador of Kcnncson Engineering. The Dalles Meador was hired to assist the planners by the city council last week Workshops will be held at regular planning meetings through November Requirements listed in a 24 page report should he completed and turned in to the state by November 28 The state has 90 day* to review If no change* arc demand August High 89 90 95 99 99 93 85
